# baute vs biste

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### baute
*verb · IPA [ˈbaʊ̯tə] · frequency rank #7,873*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bauen

### biste
*abbrev · IPA [ˈbɪstə] · frequency rank #25,926*
bist du

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/baute-vs-biste